*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : XT8040000
CHEMICAL NAME           : alpha-Toluenesulfonyl fluoride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 329-98-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2088311
REFERENCE               : 3-11-00-00331 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H7-F-O2-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 174.20
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : WSF1R
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzenemethanesulfonyl fluoride
   * Benzylsulfonyl fluoride
   * Benzylsulphonyl fluoride
   * Phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride
   * Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride
   * PMSF
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 150 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NATUAS Nature.  (Nature Subscription Dept., POB 1018, Manasguan, NJ 08736)
   V.1-    1869-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 173,33,1954
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow).  For English translation, see
   PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-   
   1939-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 39,265,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 215 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   LIFSAK Life Sciences.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park,
   Elmsford, NY 10523) V.1-8, 1962-69; V.14-    1974- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   31,1193,1982

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4865
       No. of Facilities: 104 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 2391 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1942 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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